Spot sand where necessary.
How to finish tropical wood floors.
This means that an oil finish will have little or no adhesion to the knotty area of your australian cypress flooring.
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When ipe is acclimating on site it is probably going to shrink even more than this.
The problem occurs when compounds in the wood more specifically antioxidants leach into the applied finish preventing.
Once you have your decking installed you may want to treat it with a oil based finish below are the basics of that.
A deep brown tropical hardwood that s very heavy and stable.
Water heavy finishes will sometimes swell wood fibers unevenly.
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Even though my painting company is located in vermont we finish refinish and maintain a surprising variety of tropical hardwood decking such as garapa gold meranti cambara and even good old mahogany.
Choose a clear finish that has a level of gloss you want for your wood.
Check whether the wood was sustainably harvested.
How you should sand and seal hardwood decking.
About 650 to 800.
Solvents visibly lift compounds from wood surfaces.
If you get a glossy finish your wood will have more of a sheen or glow than a finish with less gloss.
For a tropical hardwood ipe has a pretty high shrinkage rate reported by the us forest service as radial 6 6 tangential 8 0 volumetric 13 shrinkage from green to oven dry.
Stay away from high gloss finishes.
Sanding and finishing hardwood decking.
Shrinkage rate is important to consider here as well.
Oil based finishes such as polyurethane are reactive finishes that is to say they undergo a chemical reaction as the solvent in the finish evaporates ultimately causing the finish to cure and harden.
Most door companies apply a paint or poly finish before delivery or you can save a few bucks by ordering the door unfinished and coating it.
Near the knots a high gloss finish will appear wavy.
A clear polyurethane finish will give your wood a nice protected coat.
Finishing options photo by andrea rugg collinstock.